Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Widely used lung function tests often fail to detect lung disease in Black patients, according to research — and experts are ...

SAN DIEGO – The elimination of race adjustments in lung-function testing could affect millions of people in the U.S. as they lose or gain eligibility for jobs and benefits due to reclassification of ...

Guardant Health is joining in on the American Lung Association’s (ALA’s) push to raise awareness about lung cancer screening and biomarker testing. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends ...

Veterans Affairs department officials said Monday they have launched a study to determine how removing race from widely used lung function tests may affect disability benefits for veterans, and they ...

Most people start by seeing their GP. They can do some tests to help them decide whether you need a referral to a specialist. Your GP might send you for a chest x-ray. A chest x-ray is a test that can ...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biodesix, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSX), a leading data-driven diagnostic solutions company with a focus in lung disease, announced that WPS Government Health Administrators, ...

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- bioAffinity Technologies’ (Nasdaq: BIAF; BIAFW) Vice President of Diagnostics, Jennifer Rebeles, Ph.D., was part of a panel of worldwide experts that published the ...

Biomarker testing can help shape more effective treatment regimens for lung cancer, helping patients avoid ineffective, less-targeted approaches, but it still isn’t used to its full potential for high ...

Researchers have shown that a test called ORACLE can predict lung cancer survival at the point of diagnosis better than currently used clinical risk factors. This could help doctors make more informed ...

Widely used lung function tests often fail to detect lung disease in Black patients, according to research—and experts are calling for new methods of testing. Spirometry, the most common lung function ...